Kerala: First-Ever Scientific Bird Atlas

Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first State-level bird atlas in India, has solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of bird species across all significant habitats.

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Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first State-level bird atlas in India, has assembled solid baseline information about the distribution and quantity of bird species across all significant habitats, giving momentum to futuristic studies.

It is being executed as a citizen science-driven routine with over 1,000 volunteers of the birdwatching community KBA has been prepared supported by systematic surveys held twice over 60 days a year.

Conducted as a citizen science-driven exercise with over 1000 volunteers of the bird watching community.

KBA was prepared supported systematic surveys held twice over 60 days a year during the wet (July to September) and dry (January to March) seasons between 2015 and 2020.

Kerala’s capital is Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala Governor is Arif Mohammad Khan, and Chief Minister is Pinarayi Vijayan.